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MARTIN COUNTY - For the second time, an application to seek a wet/dry election in Martin County will have to be done again.

Some of the names on the petition are not registered voters, it was learned this week, which means the petition needed to ask Martin County commissioners to call an election is void and will have to be done again.

A previous petition was judged to be the wrong document by the Secretary of State’s office - so it was thrown out.

STANTON - Serving up a dandy crawfish etouffee, members of the Stanton Volunteer Fire Department hit a big home run Saturday, winning the 28th Annual Great Texas Soup Cook-off. Danny Ireton and Juble Brown are pictured on this page after the firemen won the first place honors.

MARTIN COUNTY - There’s a new program rolling out at the Martin County Hospital District. The adult volunteer program is open to anyone in the area. “We are asking for each adult volunteer to serve a minimum of 100 hours over the course of one year. Typically, a volunteer agrees to come in once a week for a three to four hour shift,” said the hospital’s Channon Collier.

MARTIN COUNTY - She sounded so nice over the internet - and even nicer over the phone. Her husband had just died and she needed to sell his truck in order to pay for the funeral and medical expenses. She’d sell it at a reasonable price - actually cheap - because she needed the money. She even sent several pictures of the truck, which was in Kansas, but could be easily delivered to . . . well, right here in Martin County.

Editor’s Note: the following story was written by Julie Wernau for the Wall Street Journal and details major concerns all across farm country about the rhetoric coming out of the White House about trade policy and immigration. It explores the special relationship the cotton industry has with our neighbors to the south in Mexico and how the current administration appears to be jeopardizing what has been a good thing economically for Texas and all American cotton farmers.

MARTIN COUNTY - It’s time to find out who has the best recipe in Texas as the 28th Annual Great Texas Soup Cook-Off draws near.

This year’s event will be Feb. 18 at the Martin County Community Center from 5-7 p.m. The cookoff is the Martin County Convent’s yearly fundraiser to restore and protect the historic Carmelite Monastery building.

Rock work all around the Martin County Courthouse is beginning to greatly improve the looks of the grounds around the building, which had fallen on hard times in recent years. Work could be completed before the first day of spring if the weather holds.